Couin
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Couin | |
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region ![]() ![]() Couin | |
Coordinates: 50°07′50″N 2°33′09″E / 50.1306°N 2.5525°ECoordinates: 50°07′50″N 2°33′09″E / 50.1306°N 2.5525°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Arras |
Canton | Pas-en-Artois |
Intercommunality | Deux Sources |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Francis Savoye |
Area | |
• Land1 | 5.82 km2 (2.25 sq mi) |
Population (1999) | |
• Population2 | 90 |
• Population2 Density | 15/km2 (40/sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62242 / 62760 |
Elevation |
90–159 m (295–522 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Couin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Geography
A small farming village located 16 miles (25 km) southwest of Arras at the junction of the D25 and D2 roads, by the banks of the Authie river.
Population
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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Population | 59 | 90 | 91 | 79 | 71 | 90 |
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |
Places of interest
- The church of St.Pierre, dating from the seventeenth century.
- The eighteenth-century chateau.
- Three Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.
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The chateau, built in 1748 by Philippe de Landas, Count of Louvignies
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Part of the church
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